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Species Cacozelia elegans - Hodges#5587

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)
Subfamily Epipaschiinae
Genus Cacozelia
Species elegans (Cacozelia elegans - Hodges#5587 )
Hodges Number
5587
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cacozelia elegans (Schaus, 1912)
Pococera elegans Schaus, 1912
Numbers
There are four Cacozelia species listed in America, north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Size
Wingspan about 24 mm.
Range
Southern Texas to Argentina. (3)
Season
Adults have been recorded in November.
Print References
Schaus, 1912. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 658.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.A phylogenetic analysis and reclassification of the genera of the Pococera complex (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae)
M. Alma Solis. 1993. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 101(1): 1-83.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 15 August, 2012 - 9:51am
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 10:45pm

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